(i) the head of any state agency that administers funds provided under
federal laws related to individuals with disabilities, or such person's
designee;
(ii) the head of any university center for excellence in developmental
disabilities, or such person's designee; and
(iii) the head of the state's protection and advocacy system, or such
person's designee.
(b) The membership of the developmental disabilities planning council
shall also include local agencies, and non-governmental agencies and
groups concerned with services to persons with developmental
disabilities in New York state.
(c) At least sixty percent of the members appointed by the governor
shall consist of developmentally disabled persons or their parents or
guardians or of immediate relatives or guardians of persons with
developmental disabilities.
(i) These members may not be employees of a state agency receiving
funds or providing services under the federal developmental disabilities
assistance act or have a managerial, proprietary or controlling interest
in an entity which receives funds or provides services under such act,
(ii) At least one-third of these members shall be developmentally
disabled,
(iii) At least one-third of these members shall be immediate relatives
or guardians of persons with developmental disabilities, and
(iv) At least one member shall be an immediate relative or guardian of
an institutionalized developmentally disabled person.
4. The developmental disabilities planning council shall meet
periodically or at the call of its chairman.
5. The chairman, in consultation with the other members of the
council, shall appoint and employ such personnel as he or she may deem
necessary, prescribe their duties, fix their compensation and provide
for reimbursement of their expenses within amounts available therefor
from federal funds reserved by the state pursuant to the developmental
disabilities assistance and bill of rights act or by state
appropriation.
6. Members shall receive no compensation for their services but shall
be reimbursed out of federal funds available therefor for all expenses
actually and necessarily incurred by them in the performance of their
duties.